Duty day bag for a medic

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Brian.Evans

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Hey guys. This is a pretty specific request for a suggestion. I'm a medic and I need a slightly different bag for my daily bag for duty days. Right now I'm using a Maxpedition Jumbo Versipack, which has worked well, but isn't quite big enough now. This bag is the bag that will go in the ambulance at the start if the shift and stay there until the end of the shift. I normally carry a full size ipad in a Griffin survivor case, a couple thick books, and a water bottle and my head phones. I'd really like to be able to add a 5x8 spiral ring notebook or two and have room to actually slide the ipad in and out without taking out all the books every time. I don't need to carry extra clothing or toiletries or food or anything like that. This is basically for gear that makes my job and life easier when I'm in the truck for 20 hours a day. I've been leaving my ipad out of the bag recently, and its going to get broken if I'm not careful.

I'd like something durable, but not overly tactical if at all possible. Tactical is fine if it works though. Prefer messenger style, not backpack.

Any ideas?
 
The bag I use is a Swiss Gear laptop book bag. I bought it several years ago, and it has held up wonderfully, even for a 21 month adventure in Afghanistan. Made a great carry-on bag for the long flights too. I bought it from Best Buy for something like $110, but amazon sells it for around $80. Plenty of room and plenty of compartments. Not very tacti-cool if that's something you're looking for, but a great bag for everything I carry on shift.

http://www.amazon.com/Ibex-17-Inch-Notebook-Backpack/dp/B000VOC90Y/ref=pd_sim_e_3

Edit: I guess I should have read your whole post before responding. Might have seen the part about not wanting a backpack. FWIW, I did the messenger bag thing for a short sting, but went back to my backpack. I just carry it on one shoulder.
 
Medic1210, I had an incredibly similar Swiss Gear bag that I used in Iraq and Kuwait. Funny, huh? It held up amazingly well, and is still in amazing shape. Swiss Gear makes some killer products for sure.

The big reason I don't want a backpack style is because of how our truck is set up and where the bag will have to sit. It's a Chevy full size mod, but it has the least amount of room of any ambulance, including vans, that I've ever been in. It seriously sucks. A backpack would be too fat front to back and too top heavy. Maybe I need to look at computer bags by Swiss gear......hmmm.....
 
I really like the Maxpedition Mongo Versipack. I have one of the Jumbo, and needed more room. The Mongo will hold almost twice as much stuff and the organization is really similar to the Jumbo. It would be a known quantity.

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medicevans said:
Medic1210, I had an incredibly similar Swiss Gear bag that I used in Iraq and Kuwait. Funny, huh? It held up amazingly well, and is still in amazing shape. Swiss Gear makes some killer products for sure.

The big reason I don't want a backpack style is because of how our truck is set up and where the bag will have to sit. It's a Chevy full size mod, but it has the least amount of room of any ambulance, including vans, that I've ever been in. It seriously sucks. A backpack would be too fat front to back and too top heavy. Maybe I need to look at computer bags by Swiss gear......hmmm.....
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I just chunk mine in the walk-through spot that nobody ever walks through. Ours is a Type-3 though.
 
Nah, mine's a type 3 too, but the walk through area is funky. It basically opens up directly next to the captains seat, so it's not easy to store stuff in the normal place. Thus the space issue. Seriously, the rig is messed up. Stupidest set up I've ever ran in.

Right now, the front runners are the Hazard 4 MOD, the Maxpedition Mongo Versipack, and the LA police gear bail out bag. I think I might sell my Versipack and use the proceeds to buy the mongo. I really like how my bag is set up, it's just not big enough for my stuff.
 
Medic1210 said:
Which version of the jumbo are you using?
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The regular jumbo Versipack, not edc, not s-type. In sand or light brown, whatever they call it. It's about 4 years old, so they have changed the newest ones a little bit, I think.

Here's a picture of the bag, and my normal load out. I'd like to add at least a 1" binder for maps and a protocol book that will be about 3/4" thick and half sheet sized. Neither of the admin pouches rides with me now, but I'd like one to, probably the bigger of the two, but it depends on my final bag selection's interior setup.

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